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Africa at the UN General Assembly

It’s that time of the year again, when the United Nations General Assembly — the institution''s main deliberative body — holds its annual debate, starting 23 September. It brings together world leaders and non-governmental actors. Africa Renewal online brings you the issues that are important to the continent. Watch this space.

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack against a logistic convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) travelling from Tessalit to Aguelhok in Kidal region. The attack killed three and injured two peacekeepers from Chad.
The Secretary-General conveys his sincere condolences to the Government of Chad as well as his profound sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims. He wishes a swift recovery to the wounded.

Colleagues and friends,
It is a great pleasure to celebrate the finalists of this year’s United Nations Secretary-General Awards.
Let me begin by conveying the warm greetings of the Secretary-General. As you know, he is in the Central African Republic to mark UN day with peacekeepers and staff.
He asked me to personally extend his congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the finalists for the wonderful initiatives and ideas they have contributed to our Organization.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, continue to closely monitor developments in Kenya, in the light of the forthcoming presidential election.

I thank President Denis Sassou N’Guesso for hosting the seventh ordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). I also congratulate President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço for Angola’s able stewardship at the helm of the ICGLR.
Since your last ICGLR summit held in Luanda in June 2016, your respective Governments have taken a number of steps to advance peace, security, stability and development in the Great Lakes region.

I express my deep appreciation to President Denis Sassou N’Guesso and the Government of the Republic of the Congo for hosting the eighth high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.
Much has been achieved since the signing of the PSC Framework in 2013, yet there is still a long way to go to achieve the noble goals the region has set for itself.